Vetting Committee for the Allocation of Sites and Start-up Loan for Post-secondary Education Providers

With effect from 1 November 2019, the functions of the Vetting Committee for the Allocation of Sites and Start-up Loan for Post-secondary Education Providers have been subsumed under the Sub-committee on Support Measures under the Committee on Self-financing Post-secondary Education.  The information below is for reference only.

Terms of Reference

1. To examine and assess applications under the Land Grant Scheme (“LGS”) for the allocation of sites, including vacant government premises and land for purpose-built premises, for the provision of self-financing post-secondary education programmes; and advise and make recommendations to the Secretary for Education (“SED”) on the allocation of sites to providers of these programmes.

2. To examine and assess applications under the Start-up Loan Scheme (“SLS”) for post-secondary education providers, and advise the SED on whether to accept, modify or reject the applications; and

3. To advise the SED on any other matters that may be referred to the Vetting Committee by the Education Bureau concerning the criteria for selection, the selection process, as well as the policy and execution of the LGS and SLS.

In discharging its functions, the Vetting Committee may set up sub-committees, conduct studies, engage professional services and co-opt members as and when necessary.

Membership List